True words seem false.

My words are very easy to understand and very easy to practice; but there is no one in the world who is able to understand and practice them.

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.

Movement overcomes cold.

Why did the ancients praise the Way? Did they not say it was because you find what you seek and are saved from your wrongdoings?

Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.

Cautious, like crossing a river in the winter.